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Razorcake will send you one free issue if you ask your librarian if they would carry Razorcake in their stacks. (This offer is good for both traditional libraries and independent libraries.) To get the free issue, you must send us the librarian's name and email and the library's postal address. We will then contact them directly and donate a subscription to them. U.S. libraries only, due to postage.

If we review anything and it has a postal address right on the piece of music (or affixed securely), we will send you a copy of the zine to that address. (Putting a sheet of paper in the envelope doesn't count.) Your review may or may not be in that issue. It may get directly posted on this here website during that time frame, though. Use our site's search function. It works pretty darn well. http://www.razorcake.org/site/modules.php?name=Search

Four to six months, usually. Wah? Look, we're bi-monthly, we have reviewers positioned all over the globe, and we actually listen to the music. It takes time. Patience. Most of our staff was born in the pre-download everything world. We move slowly, like we've been hit by tranquilizer darts.

·We’re a band and we have a rippin’ MP3. Will you review download it and review it?

Absolutely not. If you can’t send us a piece of music in the mail, the deal’s off. This includes international releases. If we review your music (good or bad, on the site or also in print) we send you a copy of the fanzine directly to you, world-wide. Chances are good that we'll be spending more on postage than you. The zine isn't light.

If you have a bulk subscription, there’s a good chance that you’ll see the newest issue in the stores or posted on the website before it arrives in your mailbox. Why? Although we send out all of our new issues within three days of each other, bulk mail is slow and it takes a long time. Be patient. If it’s been a month after seeing an issue on sale, drop us a line and we’ll double check our end to see if we sent it. If seeing a new issue on the stands before you get it in the mail really bums you out, we suggest a first class sub. Those are zippy, plus your magazine is protected in an envelope.

Razorcake doesn’t pay any of its writers, columnists, or photographers. What we can do is give you full credit (you’ll get a byline). A good way to start out is to send us a live review of a show you went to or reviews of recently released music you purchased and have written about. We appreciate attention to detail. If you can follow the format of reviews on our site, pick bands that make sense being on this site, and write an engaging review, we pay much more attention to that than a resume. Send your finished review to our zine editor for consideration. (Check the “contact us” page for current email addresses.) We retain the right to refuse any submission.

There are very important donuts to eat, bowls to skate, and bowling alleys to frequent. If you’ve sent us something to review - and you understand the general focus of what we do - there’s an 80% chance it’ll get reviewed. If it gets reviewed, a copy of Razorcake will be sent to the address on the item reviewed. The volume of stuff we get is so high, it’s almost impossible to track. Also, be patient. Turnaround can be as long as six months. We send reviewables to our nationwide network of reviewers. It takes a bit of time. So, publicists, the chances are favorable that something’s going to get a review, but we probably won’t call you back or answer your emails.

We are required by correctional facilities to send all prisoner subs first class in handwritten envelopes. If we could send them bulk, they’d be cheaper, but we can’t. Prisoners may receive free issues of Razorcake via Left Bank Books (www.leftbankbooks.com), through their books for prisoners program.

If you have full album art and don’t send it to us, your promo CD gets tossed in the trash after we recycle the jewel case. Don’t treat reviewers like second-class citizens. We like album art and full packaging. Pretty pictures and words that go with the music are an important part of the package. Punch out the UPC, if you must, just don’t chump us.

·What are the differences between Razorcake Fanzine and Razorcake Webzine?

Except for reviews, which appear in both, the contents of the Razorcake website are completely different from the contents of Razorcake Fanzine. If you see an interview with a band on the website that you know has been in the magazine, they will be two different interviews. We are also placing PDFs of long sold-out issues of Razorcake Fanzine on the site also. Click "Back Issue PDFs" on the home page to see which issues have been archived.

We aren’t The Rhythm Chicken’s bookers, but we do know this: if you provide transportation, a drum kit, a case of Pabst, a mess of brats, and some lodging, chances are that you’ll have more ruckus on your hands that you’ll know how to deal with.

For beginners, I highly suggest using the arrows that are about fifteen feet away from the foot foul line. I try to line up the middle arrow with the middle pin, kinda like a rifle sight. It’s also been proven that if you take three seconds to stare at the middle pin, the chances of hitting it greatly improve. Try a smooth release. Bowling isn’t a form of shot put. I’ve seen 80-yr-old women with no power strike constantly with well-placed balls.
For more advanced bowlers, I suggest drinking. You shouldn’t care about the score. Don’t be a dick about it. Have fun with your buds.

No, try Gorsky. Even though we’re the same folks, we’re easily confused and disoriented. Send Gorsky stuff to Gorsky and Razorcake stuff to Razorcake. Click here to go to the Gorsky site: http://www.gorskypress.com/

When we started this website in late 1999, domain names were going for thousands of dollars. So many names were taken. We had a list of over three hundred names. We didn’t want something that would trap us, like, “Toilet Riot,” or “Barbed Wire Asshole.” Razorcake.com wasn’t taken, and since it doesn’t mean anything, we decided to go with it. If you can come up with a lie about our name that sounds cooler, we’ll put that up on the site instead.

That’s a toughie. We send a lot of magazines to distributors and newstands. They, in turn, sell to stores. It’s difficult to track what goes where and they don't readily give away that information. If you really want a new issue, the surefire way to get it is to have a subscription or order single issues through website. http://www.razorcake.org/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2
That's the most up-to-date list of what back issues we have available.

Designated Dale is one of our most loyal and loved contributors. He also happens to be a great friend. Years before Razorcake started, Todd was very frustrated with Dale, looked up, and said those immortal words. Both Todd and Dale laughed heartily. Ever since issue #12 (Arrivals issue, spray painted behind Ronnie's drum kit) we've hidden a "Fuck You, Dale" in every single issue of Razorcake. Some are so well hidden that we've forgotten where they are.

Razorcake.org is made possible in part by grants from the City of Los
Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs and is supported by the Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles Arts
Commission.